Carmelo Anthony was unable to help the Knicks become the last team in the league to beat the ’10/11 Cleveland Cavs… but I forgive him for that. I don’t fogive him for this foolishness, though. First of all, as the dude on Yahoo! pointed out, learn the damn difference between “seize” and “cease”. Secondly, stop it with all this “snakes in the grass” crap, you sound like a f@ckin’ highschool kid… or Waka Flocka Flame, whichever you prefer. Thirdly, I don’t know what the hell Melo’s got his panties all in a bunch for… it’s common knowledge that he only shows up to play on one end of floor–the end with the basket that his team is currently shooting at. He makes it seem as if George Karl isn’t right on the money with his comments. Not only that, Karl gave the guy tremendous props on other aspects of his game. I guess all of this just seems rather childish of Anthony. He wrecked Denver’s season due to his desire to play elsewhere. He got his wish, and I think he should just keep quiet and play ball now.
Random Observations:
- Highlight Recap: The Highlight Recap is going to have to wait until later because Youtubers haven’t done their work yet. I’ll update in a few hours. UPDATE:
- That was a SICK dunk by McBob at number… six? Really? Six? Come on now NBA.com, I love Blake Griffin, but Josh’s dunk kills the one Blake pulls off at number three. Oh, and they completely missed this…
- Lowlight Recap: The Magic are not only slipping in a figurative sense these days, they’re doing it litterally…
- The Knicks lost to the Cavs 109-115 because they didn’t bother to defend. That’s all I’ve got to say about this game, and not because it’s currently 3:35 AM and I’m tired as Mike Sweetney after a triple-OT D-League thriller. New York is the only team in the league that is yet to beat Cleveland. The saddest aspect of that little nugget is that they’ve had multiple chances… but their inability to buckle down defensivly will always leave them vulnerable to upsets. Oh, wait, it’s all good… Jared Jeffries is coming back! …and James Dolan really expects us to believe that Isiah’s completely out of the equation… roflmao.
- The Detroit Pistons failed to complete a deal before the trade deadline, and apparently some of their veterans aren’t happy about that. I base that on the fact that five of them failed to show up for morning shootaround. Those five guys (Hamilton, McGrady, Wilcox, Prince, and Wallace) all got DNPs of some sort. Prince supposedly had an upset stomach. Hamilton was inactive. McGrady, Stuckey, and Wallace’s were all listed as coach’s decisions. Said Coach Kuester after being ejected and LOLd at by his own players: “The guys at the shootaround were going to get the minutes. I thought they played their hearts out. They tried so hard. I was proud of them.” All six of them. Yup, only six guys saw the court for Detroit as they fell to the Sixers 94-110. The short-handed crew put together a respectable offensive effort with the 94 points on 47 percent shooting, but they were beaten up on the boards, outshot by five percent, and crushed 34-19 in the assists column. The 76ers, who came into this one with wins in seven of their last ten, have reached the .500 mark with this win. With three of their next four games against Cleveland, Minnesota, and Golden State, Philly will have a great opportunity to keep on rolling into the month of March, when their schedule will get a bit tougher (five-game road trip, games against MIA, BOS, CHI, OKC, DAL, POR). Back to last night’s game for a few individual numbers: Will Bynum was the game’s leading scorer with 29 points on 24 shots. Thad Young, who I stupidly benched in a fantasy league, led the Sixers with 24 off the pine. Fun fact: the last team to win a game with six players? Last season’s Warriors, who never seemed to have more than eight guys available, half of them being D-League call-ups… they defeated the Mavs 111-103 on the 24th of November with a lineup of Ellis/Curry/Morrow/Radmanovic/Moore (Mikki) and Anthony Ranolph off the bench.
- The Phoenix Suns payed a visit to Toronto… you know what that means: Vince Carter sighting! The man formerly known as Air Canada went to work early, scoring 11 of his 17 in the first quarter, which helped Phoenix take an early 35-14 lead. The bench pretty much carried the Suns the rest of the way with their 54 points. Steve Nash and Andrea Bargnani were the only starters for either team to reach the 30 minute mark as this one was pretty much a wrap by halftime. Channing Frye kept on rollin’ with three more triples and 16 more points. Bargs led the Craptors with 26 on 12-15. PHX ended up taking it 110-92.
- The Blazers needed a miraculous three-pointer from Brandon Roy to take the new-look Nuggets to an extra period, which they won, 10-9. This 107-106 thriller was a big win for Portland for obvious reasons… these teams are fighting for position in the bottom half of the West’s playoff bracket. Gerald Wallace didn’t suit up for this one, and without the traded Przybilla and the injured Camby, Portland was forced to go small. They started LaMarcus Aldridge at center and had to put small forward Nicolas Batum in the middle for a few minutes while LA took a breather. LaMarcus played 51 minutes and scored 24 points to lead the Blazers. Brandon Roy added 18 on 7-14 off the bench. Danilo Gallinari dropped 30 after scoring just two in his first game as a Nugget. He made a few excellent drives to the basket.
- The Wizards gave the Heat a run for their money in Miami, but Dwyane Wade was simply too much for Washington to handle. Pookie dropped 40 points on 27 shots in the high-scoring affair, which resulted in a 121-113 final count. LeBron James was sent to the line 19 times (didn’t watch the game, so I can’t tell you if they were all legit). He made 15 of the freebies and scored 25 points. Chris Bosh, who layed a massive egg on Thursday, was (relatively) scorching hot as he dropped 15 on 5-12. Nick Young dropped 38 for the Wiz… John Wall did 24/12.
- Chris Mullin should be fired from his job at ESPN. He predicted that Gilbert Arenas, who had missed 15 threes in a row, would hit four long balls tonight AND finish over 50 percent from the field. Granted, he was asked to make a bold statement, but c’mon son, that’s beyond bold… that’s just moronic. Gilbo bricked all three of his triples and finished 2-11, which is well under 50 percent according to my calculations. His suckiness didn’t matter, though, because Dwight Howard scored 40 points, grabbed 15 boards, and swatted six shots. If only the almightly Perkins was in uniform, he certainly would’ve played the role of kryptonite. /Sarcasm. OKC f@cked up. The 15 PPG they traded away would’ve come in handy tonight… they were only able to muster 88 points on some dreadful 33 percent shooting.
- The Other Games: Charlotte’s new starting SF, Gerald Henderson, dropped 21 in a 110-98 Bobcat victory over the Queens of Suckramento. Utah had to swap Deron Williams for Devin Harris to do it, but they finally snapped the five-game losing streak with a 95-84 victory in Indiana. Harris came off the bench and scored 14 in his first game as a Mormon. Former Mormon Deron Williams scored 14 points and dished 12 assists in New Jersey’s 96-106 loss to San Antonio. Josh Smith poured in 26 on 11-18 as the Hawks crushed the Warriors 95-79. Golden State shot 37 percent and clanked 10 of 12 from long distance. The Hornets got a much needed win over the T-Wolves, 95-81. Kevin Love barely escaped with his 45th (I think) consecutive double-double (11 points and 14 boards). Kobe Bryant (24 points), Pau Gasol (22 points), and the rest of the Lakers (minus Shannon Brown, 4-14) put the hurt on the Clippers 108-95. Blake Griffin still managed to get his with 22 points and 10 boards.
Quote of the Day: Hubie Brown on a Dwight Howard putback…
“Hello!”
Just kidding. But seriously, he says that like 50 times a game. I love it. Anyway…
“That’s a great play by Howard, he didn’t just assume the shot would be made.”
Of course he f@cking didn’t, the shooter was Gilbert Arenas.
Photo of the Day: I’m sorry, but Gordon Hayward looks like he should be asking for autographs, not signing them…
Several extraterrestrial sightings were reported in Miami last night…
“Just saw those leaked pics of your wife… high five, son!”
“ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!”
You’d never know by looking at him, but this man was once a drug addict…
Jamario: “How much did we lose by last time we played here?”
Mo: “Couldn’t tell ya bro, I was inactive.”
Jamario: “No you weren’t. You played 26 minutes and went one for nine…….”
Mo: “You remember that, but you can’t remember the final f@cking score? This is why I’ve never liked you, Jamario…”
